Legal Opinion
William L. Calley, Jr. v. Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the Army
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1974No. 74-2285PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants-Respondents contest District Court orders restraining any change in petitioner-appellee Calley’s place or conditions of confinement, and granting bail to petitioner-appellee Calley pending a final determination on the merits of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.
On March 29, 1971, Calley was found guilty by a military jury of premeditated murder of not fewer than twenty-two Vietnamese civilians and of assault with intent to murder one Vietnamese civilian. He was sentenced to confinement at hard labor for life, dismissal from the service, and forfeiture of all pay…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Noyd v. BondSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnston v. MarshCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Francis T. Glynn v. Robert Donnelly, John M. Farrell v. Robert DonnellyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- William Napoleon Boyer v. City of OrlandoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Robert W. Baker v. Thomas R. Sard and Donald J. Sheehy. Robert W. Baker v. Thomas R. Sard, Chairman, Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by114 opinions
- William L. Calley, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Howard H. Callaway, Etc., Etc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- E.K. Wilcox, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. J. Paul Ford, Warden, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Leonardo Botero Gomez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Landano v. RaffertyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Paul Ziah Dallo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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